New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- It's time to panic, says Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne.

The British royal fears that climate change could threaten our very existence unless the international community develops a sweeping plan to slash carbon-dioxide emissions. He recently warned, " the next 18 months will decide our ability to keep climate change to survivable levels ."

Stateside, calls for a Green New Deal, premised on a looming climate crisis, have turned one of America's two major political parties against all fossil fuels, even natural gas.

But Democrats fail to mention that economic freedom, human ingenuity and affordable energy have done much to minimize the adverse effects of weather extremes and climate change. Climate-...